A group of outsiders get together in 1974 Sydney, and rock'n'roll band RADIO BIRDMAN is born with a mission - to keep compromise from their art. Birdman are shut down and kicked out of venue after venue. Their determination to do things their own way, against the industry and other bands, is unwavering. It drives them together and they become a family as much as a band. ANew Race of disaffected youth gain a rallying point when Birdman start their own venue, The Funhouse, and release their own records, they are the prototype of the independent music scene. But the intensity that drives Radio Birdman causes their acrimonious break up. 20 years later they reform. Have they found peace with their struggle against the industry and each other?